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Catholic and Gay – Something Must Change: My Message to Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco
From a recent article which appeared in “Catholic San Francisco” about Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish in the Castro: “We didn’t come here to change anybody,” said Father McClure who sat with Father Link near
San Francisco: A Catholic Guide to the City of Sin
Some may be surprised to learn that San Francisco, which is often more remembered for it's liberal present and bohemian past, has a rich Catholic tradition. Although, Los Angeles is now the largest city in
Mass Exit: Why gay men find more sanctity in homosexuality than in Catholicism
(Pictured above: The opening segment from Madonna's MDNA Tour.) Recently, I attended Sunday Mass at a Southern California Catholic parish that also advertises an active LGBT ministry. The church was located in a rather well-to-do
The Gay Catholic Civil War, Part Deux
“If you weep not now, when will you ever weep?”― Dante Alighieri, Inferno In 1993, I met a Mid-Western transplant who recently moved to the Castro from his conservative Bible-Belt small town. Resembling thousands of
Frequent Confession in the Russian Orthodox Church from the Viewpoint of a Convert
“The greatest paradox of our life is that while we all instinctively strive for happiness, most of the time we are unhappy and dissatisfied even when no danger threatens us. Philosophy is helpless in satisfactorily
Social Media, Influencers, and the Complicity of the Silent
“Wherever there is degeneration and apathy, there also is sexual perversion, cold depravity, miscarriage, premature old age, grumbling youth, there is a decline in the arts, indifference to science, and injustice in all its forms.”
In Fear of God; or Learning to Love the Lord in Orthodoxy
“…in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” – Philippians 2:12 A good father should want his children to fear him – just a little bit. Otherwise, they would have almost
Trauma, Trust, and My Orthodox Baptism
“Can we do anything else but trust in God? God calls us to do much, and we have not much time to do it.” – Fr. Seraphim Rose On the Feast of “The Entry of